No Body? No Problem for Baltimore County Homicide Prosecutors
Technology played a critical role in the murder convictions of Jason Gross and Dennis Tetso.
Like many teenagers, Rochelle Battle was attached to her cell phone. Battle’s phone was a lifeline to her world to the point that she made 1,900 calls in December 2008. The 16-year-old also made 129 calls from her phone through the first six days of March 2009. Then, without any warning, the calls stopped on March 6, 2009. No more texts, voicemails or photos. Battle, who lived in the Pimlico community of Baltimore, just disappeared. Baltimore County prosecutors said Battle was murdered and her cell phone would go a long way toward proving who killed her. That killer turned out to be 36-year-old Jason Gross. The Middle River man was convicted in October of murdering the teen. He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 6. Prosecutors obtained a …
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Cheryl Parks-Weidley
9:29 pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I can believe a person is dead if they have established life patterns that cease and no good reason as to why they would want to leave home voluntarily. For example, I always doubt a known loving parent would leave a beloved child/children behind. The opposite side of cynical jury members would be criminals who do everything they can to erase DNA evidence as much as possible. Wiping out any sign … more ›